PARS boss James McPake has said that he'll "always be greedy" after stating his belief that his team should have won by a greater margin at the weekend.

But, admitting to a sense of frustration that their win at FC Edinburgh was only by three goals, he has been delighted with the application of his players - and their work in keeping two clean sheets from two.

Lewis McCann's first half double, and an effort from debutant, Chris Mochrie, gave Dunfermline a 3-0 win in the capital, following on from their opening day victory over Alloa Athletic.

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It leaves only Athletic, and Airdrieonians, who are top on goal difference, as League One's only sides with maximum points from their first two outings.

It was a convincing and dominant Pars performance at Meadowbank Stadium and, speaking to Press Sport this week, McPake said they should have had more goals.

"I'll always be greedy," he said.

"It was frustrating; we could've easily scored a lot more goals. We should've scored a lot more goals.

"I've been critical of the team in the past that we've not been clinical enough, but I'd much rather be sitting here saying we've not been clinical enough while creating all these chances, as opposed to saying, we've won 1-0 with the only chance we've created in the game.

"There's pros and cons for that. We need to work on being more clinical, but we also need to keep creating those chances. By doing that, all round, we'll become a better team.

"The good thing is that the boys are wanting to work hard and they're wanting to work hard, so that bodes well.

"I was delighted with it; three points away from home and it continues our good start to league.

"We can always be more comfortable because we can score more goals, but we dominated the game. We were the better team in the game, we had control of the game throughout, and we were really pleasing defensively as well as creating loads of chances.

"Defensively, we looked really sound against a team that had scored two goals the week before against Kelty. Away from home, to put on a defensive performance like that, we were pleased, and to get three goals and three points, it's a good boost for the squad."

When asked how pleased he was with his team's defensive showing - Edinburgh had only one clear opportunity, immediately after Pars opened the scoring - McPake replied: "That's down to the players.

"As I say, it's easy to say a team don't cause you bother, or don't threaten you, but it's down to the work you put in and the hard yards you put in, and we've got players willing to run those hard yards to stop opponents having chances on goal and maybe getting crosses.

"The boys are doing that. They're working ever so hard and are doing that every day in training, but, look, it's only two games in. It needs to continue.

"We're off the back of a poor season, we're trying to turn that around, and it's been a decent enough start. But all it is is a start.

"The levels have been great all through the Premier Sports Cup. Disappointed, again, not to go through that, I keep saying that, but the level of performance, and I think the biggest thing that I can credit the players with, and the thing that's bringing them results, and what will make them successful throughout this season, is their hard work.

"They're not shying away from the hard work. They're putting in the hard work, and it's a team that, no matter when they walk on the pitch, you're going to really need to work really hard to beat that Dunfermline team, in terms of how hard they're going to run, how much they're going to run, and how much they're going to give to try and win a game of football.

"That's all you can ask. Sometimes on the day the other team are better than you - that's fine - but you should never be beaten by getting out worked or out fought.

"That's something we've tried to drill into the players from the start, and they've taken that on board. They seem to be buying into it."

Despite being two goals and a man up - Edinburgh's Jack Brydon was sent off for conceding a penalty, for a foul on Craig Wighton, which McCann saw saved - Dunfermline's pressure didn't relent after the interval.

"We're not going to say we're 2-0 up against 10 men, let's take our foot off the gas," McPake said.

"We had a big crowd there, a demanding crowd, that want to see good football, they want to see goals, they want to see chances.

"We're a proud football club that want to do that as well so, whether it's 2-0, 3-0 or 4-0, or whether we're 2-0 down, we need to have the same attitude that we need to get the next goal, and we need to keep fighting until that final whistle.

"That was evident again on Saturday.

"It's a team game. That's why, when we talk about chances and chances not going in, we never just say it's the strikers that aren't scoring, because it's not just up to the strikers.

"Midfielders have been missing chances but, also, on the other side of that, when we're defending really well, it's not just on the goalkeeper and the defenders.

"The defence starts from Lewis at the top end of the pitch, whose workrate is outstanding, Kevin, Craig, whoever the front three are at whatever point.

"They make it really hard for the opposition to break us down, so it is a team game, and we're going to need that going forward."